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Tangerine Dream: Untangling the Tangram |
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The titular piece is one of their very best!
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 14:37 |
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It's funny you should mention the Green Desert album as I read earlier that the album failed to bloom in 1973 because the band decided to begin work on the Phaedra album instead. Anyway, thanks for mentioning it and I'll be sure to include Green Desert later here on it's actual release date of 1986. Confused? I will be.
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Maybe you missed this one? It's supposed to be a shelved 1973-album of theirs "remixed" in 1984 and released in 1986. Sound very late 1970's to me though. Anyway, beautiful album that would have been counted among their classics - if it actually had been released sometime in the 1970's. Well, I think so. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 13:57 |
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A brief interlude.....
I featured the solo albums of Edgar Froese earlier in this thread, so it seems only fair I should include Peter Baumann's solo works too, and don't worry, I haven't forgotten Christopher Franke, as he's coming up here later in 1991 to coincide with the release of his first solo album: Pacific Coast Highway. I may even go for the whole enchilada by featuring all of Klaus Schulze's albums too - eventually - after I've finished listing and listening to all of Tangerine Dream's bazillion albums.  Peter Baumann (born 1953) appeared on all of Tangerine Dream's albums from Zeit (1972) through to the live Encore album in 1977 before departing the band to concentrate on his budding solo career. He released eight albums in total, recorded over the span of forty years from "Romance '76" through to his second collaboration with Paul Haslinger in 2019 with "Neuland" (which roughly translated means "New Land"). "Thankyou Captain Obvious!" - as Cristi would probably say. By the way, you may be better off skipping Peter Baumann's two early 1980's albums, unless you're seriously into the sound of New Wave music, but don't say I didn't warn you if you choose to listen to them anyway.   1976: Peter Baumann - Romance '76 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nM8kZkOiU-4FKIJjJzML7niHQErjLP-9s 1979: Peter Baumann - Trans Harmonic Nights - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n7qxqc53H8Ms6oXLgkN7MBfW-uZrJMibA 1981: Peter Baumann - Repeat Repeat - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdkB6Nv7yMKAk12n66oJDH1ueTeVBIhhC 1983: Peter Baumann - Strangers in the Night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uhoz70YryQ 1991: Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger - Blue Room - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6pAfB1AY4 1996: Peter Baumann - Phase by Phase: A Retrospective '76-'81 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k7oBUKoGX1o0oS-AOxOV1dfZw_4pLhXPA 2016: Peter Baumann - Machines of Desire - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lX8eRjlwRtaXwRsj-fuptpqEiVZCPFXH0 2019: Peter Baumann & Paul Haslinger - Neuland - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdP6kZNQvK1H1fTyKgUpi5csdNdIjLoPPeter Baumann - Strangers in the Night (with apologies to Frank Sinatra)  Tangerine Dream albums with Peter Baumann:- 1974: Phaedra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIQ0dd7B_FU 1975: Rubycon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd6XL_IOS3I 1975: Ricochet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM1Wc6ha_ic 1976: Stratosfear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hueHdzYSI 1977: Sorcerer (soundtrack) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvLFe3nsulY 1977: Encore (Live 1977) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8is0eYVfxsEdited by Psychedelic Paul - August 30 2022 at 14:25 |
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 12:37 |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 11:54 |
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I would've rated the Rubycon album 4.23 too if I could've done.
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 11:53 |
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I can tell that I get more fond of it for every new listening, not least Pt. 1 with it's strange mood.
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 10:40 |
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As close to as it can be, even I don't find that kind to be so important for one's own rating.
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Thanks! You learn something new here every day, including learning about the exploits of Don Quixote, who I always used to pronounce as Don Kwik-sote, until I knew better.
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Quichotte is an alternate spelling of "Don Quixote" a famous novel by Manuel de Cervantes about a knight who wants to "courageously" attack windmills, together with his rather smarter cohort Sancho Panza
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 09:10 |
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I've just had a quick look at the Tangerine Dream albums page here on PA and noticed Rubycon is the highest-rated studio album with a rating of 4.23, so it's good to know my 4-star rating is not too far out from the average. I'm currently listening to all of Peter Baumann's solo albums (the third member of Tangerine Dream) so he'll be coming up here next, even though his two 1980's New Wave albums leave a lot to be desired. His first album "Romance '76" is really good though, especially bearing in mind it was recorded the same year as the stratospheric Stratosfear album.
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Posted: August 13 2022 at 08:39 |
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So true, Paul, and your rating (4.0) is still higher than the average of all the 6000 ratings on RYM and PA.
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I always associate Pergamon with Robert Maxwell (which can't be a good thing) as his publishing empire was called Pergamon Press. Hopefully, when I've listened to the Pergamon album, I'll associate the name with Tangerine Dream instead. I recall the Pergamon album was subtitled "Quichotte" so I'll have to look that up and find out what it means.
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1976: Stratosfear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hueHdzYSI Stratosfear is Tangerine Dream's eighth major release and it's a real stonker of an album! This is the stunning 5-star masterpiece that soared to new heights of dramatic intensity for me with it's romantic flavour and much more melodic sound. Stratosfear also holds a special place in my heart as it's the first Tangerine Dream album I ever bought, which almost exceeded the "Invisible Limits" of my tight budget (back when vinyl albums cost the princely sum of £2.39) as I'd only just started work at the time back in 1976. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 13 2022 at 07:14 |
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Mellotronstorm"s review of Pergamon came at just the right time, as it is my fave TD release of the 48 albums I have from them....gulp!
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Thanks Richard. I often wonder if anyone has the time to read my long intros.
I'm looking forward to hearing all of those Tangerine Dream albums you mentioned, including many I've never heard before. |
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Very nice intro Paul.
I started listening to them back in the 80's and my introduction was via the superb Dream Sequence compilation of the Virgin years 1973-1983. I also love Poland, Le Parc and Underwater Sunlight from that decade. After that it got a bit sketchy and they lost their way a bit it seems until the beautifull Seven Letters From Tibet , based on love letters that Edgar Froese sent to his dear wife. The excellent Booster series plus some gems such as Views From A Red Train and Purgatorio followed. Most recently the theme tune to Stranger Things may be their most listened to track although it hasn't quite done the same for them as the show did for Kate Bush!
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1975: Ricochet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM1Wc6ha_ic Ricochet is Tangerine Dream's seventh album overall and their first Live album. In common with many (if not all) of Tangerine Dream's Live albums, Ricochet is composed of all new original material and is not a rehash of music from their studio albums. Tangerine Dream's fifth album "Phaedra" could be regarded as a transitional album between the "dark ambient" era and their more familiar sequencer-driven sound, but with the Ricochet album, we're now into the full-on Berlin School of electronic music, featuring more percussion and electric guitar. In other words, this album is more like the Tangerine Dream we've all come to know and Love over the years.  Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 13 2022 at 07:16 |
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That makes a nice change because I'm more often criticised for overrating albums - especially in the case of YES albums. Have no fear though as I'm saving my first 5-star Tangerine Dream rating for the glorious heights of Stratosfear.
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Posted: August 12 2022 at 15:52 |
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Something's amiss. The rating should reflect 6 out of 5 stars! It gets a 6th because it's simply that good.
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